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No. 339,052. Patented Mar. 30, 1886. k. JL.

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liNiTEn STATES PATENT OEErcE,

ROBERT FLOOKE, OF NEVARK, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO lt. NEUMANN & OO., OF NEVv YORK, N. Y.

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SPEEGATIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,052, dated March 30, 1886.

Application filed January 15', 1856. Serial No. 183,952. (Nommlol.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT FLooKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county ot' Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Bags, Satchels, and Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to traveling bags, satchels, and similar articles; and it consists in an improvement in means for holding the jaws ofthe bag or sate-hel frames open, when desired-as, i'or instance, when the bag or satchel is to be packed for a journey, and also when it is to be unpacked, at which times it is desirable that the frame be distended and held open so as to expose the interior ofthe bag and give one free access to it.

Thisimprovement consists in atoothed block which is secured to one ofthejaws ot' the frame at the end where the jaws are hinged to each other, the block being so situated that thepin ofthe hingepasses through it, the construct-ion being such that the block constitutes in eii'ect part of t-he hinge, the pintle passing through the block. Theblock has arecess on one edge, and at the ends of the recess are two teeth,one of which, when the frame is open, engages a slot in the free end of aspring-plate secured to the other jaw. Then the frame is closed, the spring-plate bears on the rounded back of the block. On turning the jaws of the frame so as to open it, the recessed edge of the block turns with thcjaw to which it is attached so as to bring its toothed and recessed edge opposite the spring,when the teeth or one of themen the block engages the slot in the spring-plate, and at the same timcapart ofthe spring-plate adjoining the slot falls into the recess of the block, and by these means the jaws are locked in their open position. Then the jaws are to he closed, the spring-plate is pressed away Vfrom the block until it is freed from the tooth and recess ofthe blocl ,and the jaws can bebronght together again.

The construction and operation of the device are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a crosssection taken through the frame when closed, the dotted lines showing the frame half-way open. Fig. 2 is a crosssection taken through frame when fully open.

Fig. 3 is a plan or top View ot one end of the frame when fully open. Fig. 4Y shows the spri iig-plate detached.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letters A B designate the jaws of a baoor Satchel frame to which this intention is apt plied.

O is a toothed hloelz,\\'l1ich is secured to the inner side ofthcjaw A, nearits end, by means of a flange, D,which extends upward from the block and is riveted io the jaw A in such a position as to make the block co tei-minous with the end of the jaw. The block is further secured t0 its place by means of the hinge by which the ends of thejaws A and B are connected and on which they turn, the pintle E 0f Said hinge intersectingand passing through the block as well as through the ends ot' the twojaws. 'lhe block Cis, substantially. aprolongation oi' the horizontal portion ot the jaw A-that is tosay, of that part ot' the jaw which passes within the outer jaw,l3, when the frame is closed, and consequently the block moves and turns with the jaw A, ot'whieh it forms a part. The block C has upon one edge a recess F, and two teeth, li, at the ends ofthe re,- cess. The opposite edge ofthe block is rounded off so that it can beturned without nieetin with much resistancelrom its contactwith thzI spring-plate l. The spring-plate I is secured by its upper end to the inner side ofthe vertical part J of the outer jaw, B, in such a mauner that its free end extends as far as the block esxerts `a constant pressure. I A piiug has a slot, lx, cut in it,wh1ch receives the tooth H of the block when the block is turned in the proper directionthat is to say, when the jaws A B are turned on their hinges so as to throw the frame open. At the same time that the tooth H engages the slot K the solid partI ot the spring,or the part which extends from the slot to the end of the spring, rises into the recess F of the block. the entrance of the tooth H into the slot ofl the spring, and the entrance ot' the solid end of the spring into the recess of the block being simultaneous. This engagement ot' the block and spring-plate locks the two jaws in their open position. In order t0 close the jaws it is necessary to withdraw the spring-plate from the recess of the block and from the tooth H.

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This is effected by pressing the free end of the spring-plate downward, the outer end of the spring-plate being formed with athumb-piece, M, to give the proper bearing-surface.

This improvement may be placed at each end ofthe bag-frame, it' desired.

VhatIclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The toothed block C, secured at the end of the jaw A of a bag or sat-chel frame, in coinbination with the spring-plate I, secured to the outer jaw, I3, the block G being placed on the pintle of the hinge which connects the twojaws to each other, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the block C, having ing witnesses.

ROBERT FLOCKE.

Vitiiesses:

D. VAN SANTVooRD, W. HAUFF. 

